colosset (kolos)

[F. colo e, In another Court not farre from this, stand foure other Colo ees, or huge Images of Copper. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 469. colo eant (kol-o-sē'an), a. [L. colo eus, also colo iœus, Among others he mentions the colo ean statue of Juno. Harris , Philol. Inquiries. Colo endeidæ (kolo-sen-dē'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., Colo endeis + -idæ .] A family of sea-spiders, of the order Pycnogonid a (or Podosomata ), typified by the genus Colo endeis , with the mandi Colo endeis leptorhynchus. After Carpenter. nus of sea-spiders, typical of the family Colos sendeida. C. colo ea and C. leptorhynchus are examples. Colo eum, Coliseum (kol-o-, kol-i-sē'um), n. [The form Coliseum (after ML. Coliseum, > F. Colisée = Sp. Coliseo = Pg. Coliseo, Coliseu = It. Coliseo, Culisco ) is now le common than Colos seum (= D. G. Dan. Kolo eum = It. Colo eo ), Remains of the Colo eum, or Flavian Amphitheater. lower level. The arena is 253 by 153 feet, and covers extensive substructions provided for the needs and machinery of ordinary gladiatorial displays, and for the flooding of the arena to convert the amphitheater into a place for naval contests when required. A system of awnings was provided for shading the entire interior. It is estimated that the Colo eum provided seats for 87,000 spectators. The exterior of the building is faced with blocks of travertin; the interior is built of brick, with considerable use of marble. See amphitheater.